We dig through a 459‑page dossier, unpack Act One beat‑by‑beat: Adrian’s quiet collapse via scopolamine‑laced clay, Victor’s revenge, the cats’ intuition, and Olivia’s shattering low that ignites her arc.
We trace Derpy's roots in Korean folk tiger art, compare East Asian tiger myths, and walk step-by-step through building a derpy K-pop mascot head — foam, batting, fur, ears.
We explore how AR reshapes communication: safe activist meetings and drone projections, empathy-building virtual dinners and double-dates, cross-cultural exchanges, translation aids, the tricky new norms around personal space, trolling.
We recap and sharpen Act One: plotting an antagonist systematically isolating a father, the detective cats notice, Lily drifts closer, and Olivia’s homecoming solo collapses—ending with her stranded in the rain.
We set the scene for May 1940, unpack why Germans chose Ardennes, trace five-day Panzer blitz from Sedan to Dunkirk, expose missed reconnaissance, soldier vignettes, and lessons on flawed assumptions.
The origins of digital workflow automation, using it as a back-end engine, and learning through real world examples.
We sink deep into the world of Japanese vengeful spirits spawned from horrible acts of cruelty.
Inflation, bread lines and a crumbling economy... perfect opportunity for a coup.
What makes an oak an oak, what a drip line is, how to pick a mulch & much much more.
We start with its origins & then hit tips, tactics and production logistics.
Chat goes self aware, Gemini struggles horribly and Grok does a decent job at singing Fly Me to The Moon.
We explore how skipping out on a jaywalking fine can come back to haunt you at the airline gate. What happens if you can't pay. And what it's like to be a local.
Olivia cries herself to sleep and then the cats do down a detective rabbit hole.
We pretty much ruin Adrian (the father in our ongoing story)
How strip clubs worked when the dollar was more valuable, Wabi-sabi & why white dog shit has become rare... among other things.
We experiment with a promising new format where Gemini, ChatGPT & Grok ask each other questions.
Before Tiktok Shop, there was QVC, call-in radio shows and traveling merchants.
Gemini describes to us the grand island made of concentric circles of beautiful farmland, canals and giants cliffs. We explore Plato, ancient Egypt & much more.
ChatGPT would pick dolphins... We learn that Killer Whales aren't actually whales, how Bottlenose Dolphins use tools and we go on a fun aquatic adventure together in the Caribbean.
We start by discussing the most egregious examples of book burning throughout history. Then we trace the trends of book banning attempts throughout the decades. We end with how it manifests in the digital age.